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+ | enough to learn to breathe<br> | ||
+ | the waters in that seethe<br> | ||
+ | you shall not lose my soul<br> | ||
+ | the head shall be let go<br> | ||
+ | and I will rise again<br> | ||
+ | to find that reaching hand |
Revision as of 12:49, 5 February 2018
Contents
- 1 January 2018
- 2 February
January 2018
1/2/18
Brand New Year (poem)
Good morning to a brand new year
Welcome hope and let go fear
'Round and 'round the bend we go
Anticipating the unknown
rather burn (poem)
burning air within my heart
a fire breathing all my air
eating all my oxygen
whenever you are near
the flames are hot, and I can't bear
to let you go, I hold you near
I'd rather hold you than to breathe
rather burn than ever leave
tiptoes (poem)
dancing on my tiptoes
to the edge of some horizon
spilling into heaven
imagination's flight
sweet things (poem)
don't cry
there are still sweet things
summer kisses
from a child's lips
not ignorance, love
but innocent bliss
1/4/18
beating heart (poem)
wings beat blindly
under my skin
where my rib cage captures
their soaring within
don't let me fly
away from your heart
you gave it to me
it bleeds in the dark
dear (poem)
Your voice is the music my heart
can no longer hear,
though I heard that the songbirds paused
to give you their ear,
and I know that I promised once
I would hold you near—
I tried, my brother, I tried
and still hold you dear.
1/6/18
pass the pain (poem)
pass the pain from my soul
like rocks in the river water, harsh and white
through narrow canyon walls
too high to climb
1/7/18
dark like pain (poem)
For D. and C.
red like fire
dark like pain
I don't forget
but speak your name
softest whisper
nightmare bright
I'd give much
for you in sight
you don't forget
I left you first
when you leave me
so do your worst
1/9/18
your light (poem)
For D. and C.
red
is the color of your light
bright
is how you rise and fight
void
is a desired sight
more
than your brilliant flight
1/10/18
like rain (poem)
For D. and C.
wanting you
blossoms in my chest like pain
falls on me like rain
radiate (poem)
For D. and C.
you are burned
under my skin
like a tattoo on my wrist
the band
is bright and fierce
it catches eyes
they glance again
they turn away
unable to bear
the light, the heat
you radiate
I bask in the sun
you are to me
burning bright
flaming beneath
the flesh
that covers my heart
kings (poem)
We were once the kings
Of our own world
Imagination bowed
Before our wills
Sparking fire and light
Our minds brought forth
All that we would claim
As we grew strong
1/11/18
light in my veins (poem)
open roads
light in my veins
breathe you in
memory strains
faults in the earth
wind woven clouds
sparks in my heart
unspoken aloud
1/12/18
as gravity (poem)
as the fire is warm
as the ocean is deep
as its churn and its cold
through trenches too steep
I can't breathe in the ice
in the fog of my breath
in the steam of your touch
awake me from death
as the gravity dark
starts crushing my heart
I fall into you
let the universe start
escape (poem)
Words do not escape my brain
You blame me for it, and I say
Less and less; the years roll on
Swallow whispers, then they're gone
1/14/18
To Conquer Fear (poem)
This is the year to conquer fear
To face the light with steady sight
To year and desire with burning fire
To stake firm claim upon your name
To hold to hope like knot to a rope
To rise in song, so bold, so strong
1/15/18
Into Brightness (poem)
I will find peace in forgiveness
My tears fall into the sea
The heavens are painted with mercy
New sunlight burning in me
I stare into brightness, unmoving
Walk forward in certainty
miss the way (poem)
I miss the way the leaves blew
Before the wintry winds
Before the snow came early
To bury everything
I miss the summer burning
And miss the snow so white
I miss the crickets singing
Every single night
in castles (poem)
we lived in castles spun from dreams
but never went to the extremes
tasted vict'ry on our lips
drank adventure in small sips
swallowed sunlight 'til we blazed
gazed with wonder, awed, amazed
tickles (poem)
For D. and C.
It tickles my lips
It burns my tongue
An insult for
Each day we're young
You hate my taste
I hate your jokes
You turn the wheel
I am the spokes
It burns inside
My flesh, my gut
The tie between us
We don't know what
We walk away
And leave behind
Yet together
Again we'll find
The world spins us
Forever nearer
And never allows
Another quite dearer
It tickles my insides
The anger you light
In my heart, in my mind
When you're in my sight
Tell Me (poem)
Tell me you know my name
That my life breathes in your breath
You whisper upon your lips
I am not alone
Tell me you'll hold me
When the sunset lingers
With faithful fingers
Tell me you won't walk away
Just stay for one more day
1/16/18
after the fire (poem)
Mornings wake my heart anew
Open places once seared through
I welcome all the burning pain
As spring and life return again
wish you (poem)
kiss you like I mean it
hold you like I need it
wish you'd know I'd never leave
hold me back this once, please
partners (poem)
For D. and C.
it's in my blood,
the way you itch beneath my skin
the taste of my knives, sliding within
the trust, my life held in your hands
wherever one is, the other one stands
1/17/18
pictures (poem)
For D. and C.
pictures of you
on the wall of my dreams
I've forgotten on purpose
it's not what it seems
your absence a pain
I lost on the way
surely you didn't
abandon and stray
foundations (poem)
there are bones under the earth
longer than a man and heavier
there are names written in marrow
that no one can speak, only feel
my heart beats like the core
of a planet turning in space
I raise my hopes and the bones
rise into spires again
1/18/18
morning song (poem)
There are roses in the garden
There's a song upon my tongue
It rises every morning
When the day is young
There's love within my heart
Beating vibrantly
I offer it to Jesus
Who first gave it to me
1/19/18
You Knew (poem)
For F. and Y.
I figured you out
You knew my name
Breath on your lips
My invisible fame
Though every star
Shines bright in the sky
I am content
To shine in your eye
never the pieces (poem)
what I want
is never the pieces of you
I cradle them, shattered
who did this to you
I will hold you forever
make glue with my love
rebuild in my heart
send you forth like a dove
give you (poem)
love me in pieces
I hold out to you
I'd give you everything
you know that it's true
if all of me still
was where it belonged
but I give you my pieces
and so give you all
1/21/18
no broken pieces (poem)
I am a lot of things
no broken pieces
breaking skin, like white
pieces of bone
I am bright, the lights
burn through my skin
warm yourself by fire
place hands within
I am not a hopeless night
I am the candle
burning prayers like incense
can you handle
the endless murmured prayers
of open memories
like open wounds, the gasps
like open stares
I am a lot of things
those broken pieces
gilded with gold, with light
stronger than stone
I do not break, I bend
like reeds in the wind
like hope in the hand of Spirit
I'll last 'til the light
1/22/18
thankful (poem)
morning light emerges from a shining newborn sun
open up your eyes and open up to everyone
pour out perfect love and be thankful for a day
when we are alive and walking forward on our way
under the wings (poem)
keep me safe, I used to pray
I trust in You now every day
and never doubt but walk in faith
I'm safe with You and with You stay
1/23/18
Through Battles (poem)
For C. and R.
Words we never spoke
But always needed to
Promises we broke
While keeping them all through
Battles fierce and nights
Dark with memory
I hold you in my sights
You mean so much to me
the distance (poem)
you promised not to leave me
why are you not here?
you're standing right beside me
but you do not see nor hear
your heart is far away
the distance very clear
I miss you while you're with me
come back to me, my dear
my moment (poem)
Today, I am quiet as a whisper
I missed my moment, I miss my strength
I know how to go to any length
But my limbs keep trembling, and I am quiet
Silence is a comfortable place
Warm around me, forgotten grace
The moment passes, the heart beats on
Silent tears, please tell what's wrong
Spinning years, the sands fall by
In the midst of glass before my eye
Don't press too hard, don't cut too deep
I left my hope in hours of sleep
Today, I am quiet, today again
Once long ago, I knew how to win
The road ahead still lifts my head
I'll think of light, not fall instead
warm as (poem)
leaves fall
to the ground
their colors
are bright and
warm as a promise
then snow
scars (poem)
For R. and C.
burn scars on your shoulders
blade scars on your wrist
I kiss them and you shudder
you give me even this
1/24/18
feel (poem)
For R. and C.
moon bright
over the flowers
nodding their heads
fall down to sleep
my eyes are shut
but I can feel
the warmth of you
your arms 'round me
never kept (poem)
For D. and C.
promises, promises
never kept
old bloody love
awoke then slept
opened doors
since slammed shut
words once gentle
wound and cut
like candles burning
then burned out
the wax is cooling
and I'm without
thirst to shatter (poem)
For R.
want burns in my bones
desire I cannot slake
thirst to shatter and break
break me over your hands
spill out the fire inside
enter my heart and hide
1/25/18
Prayer 042 (poem)
ah, You've brought the morning
a gift so shining bright
brought me brand new mercies
and peace with morning light
God, my King, my Father
I praise You in your might
grant me joy and strength
turn my faith to sight
the summoning (poem)
call my name
summon me from the depths
make your claim
call to me from the breadth
of the ocean tides
and the heavens wide
open your arms
and call my name
flight (poem)
walk me down to the water
where the white birds spread their wings
feathers glow in sunlight
yet they do not sing
they glide over the water
I wonder if it stings
and wait to see them rising
as they beat bright wings
bloody (poem)
For D. and C.
Children, someone calls us
What a lie, a filthy lie
The doors of life were opened
And the doors to death stood by
We've bloodied hands and bruises
And we were not taught to cry
Children, someone calls us
Such a bloody, messy lie
ends (poem)
pretty things, winter winds
this is where the end begins
mornings bright, newborn light
dawn, the new beginning, ends
1/26/18
wait (poem)
hide me in the secret grove of my heart
where the wind blows still and soft
like a breath so faint across my cheek
like the warmth leftover from long-gone touch
like the memories I've almost forgot
there I will wait while the centuries pass
until you come again
like poisoned apples (poem)
For D. and C.
It's in my blood
Corruption
Like the taint of old
Wounds and promises, on your lips
Like poisoned apples
And on your kiss
I think I would remember this
If love were love
Or innocence
wash me (poem)
wash me clean
a flood so pure
the bones may gleam
the blood endure
my eyes are bright
reflecting light
the road (poem)
the road ahead has bends in it
because the straight true path
isn't where I thought it was
but hope's not in the past
it lives, it breathes, it paves the road
that takes me free and clear
to where I breathe in free at last
and to the Lord draw near
bare (poem)
cauterize my nerve endings
and sanitize my heart
break into the emptiness
burnt deep on every part
Christ will fill the empty places
buried deep inside
strip away all I have left
of any way to hide
1/27/18
into dreams (poem)
castles bright in dreams
woven at the seams
from threads once spun of hope
strong enough to grow
into our dreams so bright
faith born into sight
1/28/18
heart wide open (poem)
wipe the blood from my eyes so I can see you
kiss the tears from my eyes so I can feel you
don't break my heart wide open when you touch
stay with me tonight, I don't need much
1/29/18
set our way (poem)
fading night
the breaking day
open eyes
don't look away
heavens open
in our sight
set our way
and reach the light
wash me (poem)
gather the broken pieces of my heart
gather them, O Lord, into Your arms
wrap me in Your healing arms of love
wash me in Your grace 'til I am whole
light my heart (poem)
light and sun
spinning bright
dancing fierce
to burn the night
open hopes
and scatter dreams
light my heart
in flaming streams
1/30/18
bloom (poem)
the garden of my soul
bursting with spring flowers
after the winter snow
after the autumn rains
the air is still quite cool
the sun however bright
I bask in the warmth of joy
and hold your love in sight
a complement in light (poem)
there on the edge of the rift
my soul takes flight, adrift
burning beneath my wings
and exhilaration sings
I share the joy of flight
a complement in light
we open up the rift
with cutting wings and swift
the heavens open up
like an overflowing cup
seethe (poem)
For S. and M.
kisses hot along my side
I can barely stand the tide
of overwhelming want in me
filling me entirely
the way you touch me desperately
your hands that grip too steadily
I breathe you in and cannot breathe
but hold it in and let it seethe
burning, blooming, feel the high
listen to your sweetest sigh
there is nothing else but this
as we lose ourselves in bliss
broken (poem)
For D. and C.
promises, promises
you made to me
touch me and hold me
you promised to keep
I watch you in nightmares
as you walk away
I hold you and love you
but only in sleep
February
2/1/18
Prayer 043 (poem)
Good morning, God
- it's a new day
Your mercy is renewed
- I stay
You have called me
- child, friend
I want this love
- to never end
birth in me
- Your perfect peace
let the joy of God
- increase
open up the light
- in me
let it burn and
- wash me clean
never knew (poem)
soft words, soft touch
never knew it meant so much
warm arms, warm eyes
I need to see your love this time
its outward signs (poem)
love is not without its outward signs
even if they do not spring to mind
consideration, care, and selflessness
take shape often in obscurity
I'll accept the love you give to me
turn again (poem)
hourglass turn again
on the past and rend
to the future shine
on these hopes of mine
scar tissue (poem)
scar tissue
I remember
the things I've faced
were bigger than
all my trials now
the new blades
beneath my skin
are not so black
as storms of then
the seething oceans
of former days
could not drown me
nor hide my face
let this tide
though unrestrained
wash me through
yet I remain
gleaming (poem)
needle sharp and gleaming bright
let in pinpricks of light
hem and stitch 'round every edge
until we're made of light instead
bone deep (poem)
bone deep
you're in my blood
cover me
a drowning flood
breathe you
deep into me
until I'm full
not exhaling
2/2/18
return address (poem)
missives from my lost heart
travel over the miles to reach
the one I never stopped looking for
no matter how deep goes the breach
I know the reply will find me
nearness (poem)
whisper life into my ear
let it fill my body bright
with power and your nearness too
until my world is filled with you
teeth (poem)
winter bares white teeth
needle sharp in glimmers
falling ice that shatters
delicate and pure
under glass (poem)
this and that
bits and pieces
of my life
like feathers flying
through the snow
you cannot see them
under glass
so beautiful
wish me another (poem)
wish me another road home
I'll take it, I will and you know
I never intended this way
I hope you will find a new day
2/3/18
let the light (poem)
Somebody show me the light
Let it bend and refract all around me
Shine bright and open my sight
Flay the illusions that found me
Burn away darkness and night
Open my soul and renew me
2/4/18
onward (poem)
castles bright and gleaming
do not give up hope
keep on walking forward
until you reach the goal
2/5/18
carved beneath (poem)
do you know the name
carved beneath my skin?
remember that one person
that I should have been?
do you know the dreams
that you once dreamed for me?
do you understand
that returning isn't free?
unready (poem)
questions without answers
answers without need
something deep inside me
hungry desperately
I know the things I want
know who I want to be
there is no part of me
ready to receive
learn to breathe (poem)
broken pieces
am I broken pieces
shadows on the wall
tumbling down the waterfall
the ocean seems so wide
vaster than the tide
that washes over me
and drowns eventually
oxygen in lungs
comes up again, I'm young
enough to learn to breathe
the waters in that seethe
you shall not lose my soul
the head shall be let go
and I will rise again
to find that reaching hand